JewishGen continues to mourn the victims of yesterday’s terror attack in Jerusalem. One of the victims, Rabbi Abraham S. Goldberg, was very active on JewishGen, and helped many people research their lineage (see the post from our Rav-SIG Discussion Group below). He will be greatly missed by all. May God comfort his family, and the family of all the victims, among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.--Posting this morning by Sandra Rachmaniel on the JewishGen Rav-SIG Discussion Group:

It is with great sorrow that I must bring you the news that Rabbi Abraham Shmuel Goldberg, whom many of you know, was brutally murdered this morning by Palestinian terrorists while at the morning prayers in a Jerusalem synagogue.

Rabbi Goldberg was an expert in rabbinical genealogy, but was of a very humble nature and would simply sign off to most of us as Abraham. Rabbi Goldberg and I worked together for years researching the Lipkin family and the yichus of Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter. I would search for public records and send them to him by email, and he would do translations from rabbinical books.

We had an enormous amount of email sharing and he translated many rabbinical writings for me about my Ish-Horowitz Ticktin Rittenberg family. He helped countless people searching for their "yichus" because of his gemilut hasadim. I am sure many of you received help from him.

My heart goes out to his wife, children and grandchildren. May they be comforted among the mourners in Tzion.

As we do each year on Veteran's Day, we take a moment to remember, reflect, and express appreciation to all of the brave men and women who have served in the armed forces of the United States of America.

Jews have played an active and key role in the military of the United States since they first arrived from New Amsterdam in 1654. From that time until today, Jews have risen to the highest ranks and have served with valor and distinction in defense of this great country.

We are pleased to welcome the following webpages to
JewishGen KehilaLinks We thank the owners and webmasters of these webpages for
creating fitting memorials to these Kehilot (Jewish Communities) and for
providing a valuable resource for future generations of their descendants:

1) During September &
October, 2014, Ukraine SIG received the following:

Translations
of scanned vital records (material still needs to be proofread before
submitting it to JewishGen for inclusion in the JewishGen Ukraine
Database) from FHL film 2192583 items 17 (124 births for 1861) 18 (33
marriage records from 1862), 19 (68 death records for 1862), 21 (48 death
records for 1863).

Translation of
a list of 177 people killed in pogroms from 1918-1921 and buried in a mass
grave in Fastov.

2) In September, we submitted
7,250 death records to the JewishGen Ukraine Database from:

7) We have begun two new
fundraising projects to acquire and translate records for:

An 1875
conscription census which includes Zinkov, Letichev and Volkovintsy.

Indexes of
vital records from Balta.

8)Our cooperative
mapping venture with Yahad in Unum is well underway!

39 town maps
have been linked to their site and they are linking to our town pages.

We now have 16
active KehilaLinks sites corresponding to those 39 towns, and they are
being linked to Yahad in Unum as well.

9) (drumroll please!) we have
just received 25,900 pages of documents (22.5 GB) from CAHJP, which include
census records, voters lists, resident lists, and more! The information covers:

Kremenets

Shumsk

Belozirka

Shepoval

Uman

Ladyzhinka

Kiev

Please help us continue the important
work of the Ukraine SIG, and the rest of JewishGen! Your finanical support, no
matter the amount, makes a difference. Click here to donateand show your
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PayPal, pleaseclick here.

As with quite a few of my recent Yizkor Book Project
reports, once again, I am able to announce the very gratifying news that yet
another Yizkor Book has now been completely translated and appears online. This
time the project which has reached this lofty goal is: Klobuck, Poland (The Book of Klobucko; in
memory of a martyred community which was destroyed) which was adeptly
coordinated by Allan Mantel.

During October, ten new entries
were added from the Pinkas Hakehillot
Poland (Encyclopedia of Jewish Communities in Poland) for Ukrainian communities and I wish to thank Ron
Doctor, Ellen Garshick and the Kremenets District Research Group for being the
driving forces behind this welcome initiative.

For those of you who aren't familiar, the Yad Vashem museum in Israel published a very
large series of Pinkas Hakehillot
(community encyclopedias) presenting details of a huge number of
communities which had a large or small Jewish presence within them before the
Holocaust. As such, these volumes do present us with unique information on
communities that might not have been covered in any Yizkor book and hence,
their importance to us. I have pleased to see that more and more people are
taking interest in these volumes and if you are contemplating in sponsoring or
translating any of the articles from
these encyclopedias, please contact me and I will assist in facilitating
their translation.